Cabinet.



J. W. SGHAUER.

CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 13, 1908.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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CABINET.

Application filed May 13, 1908.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN it? Sonaunn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kalispell, in the county of Flathead and State of Montana, have invented a new and Improved Cabinet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to cabinets, and more particularly to such as are provided vith movable supports for retaining articles such as phonograph records or the lik.

A11 object of this invention is to provide a device of the class described, simple in construction and effective in operation, which is provided with movable shelving for retaining articles, and which has means for rotating the shelving so that the articles can be successively brought to register with an opening through which they can be removed, whereby a small opening only is necessary.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming 'a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet; Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Fi 3 Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the shelves.

Before proceeding to a more detailed description of my invention, it should. be understood that I provide a cabinet having movable shelving for holding articles such as phonograph records or the like. Although in the preferred form shown the shelves of the cabinet are particularly constructed to hold cylinder phonograph records, nevertheless the trays may be easily altered to hold disk records.

In general, the cabinet is provided with an endless belt arranged upon sprockets, the latter being rotatable by means of a lever. Arranged on the belt are trays for holding articles and adapted to rotate with the belt. A suitable opening is provided in the front of the cabinet so that desired articles may be removed from the trays as the latter pass the opening.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents the cabinet casing of any Specification of Letters 'ratent.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Serial No. 432,647.

desired form, and provided with an opening 2 having a hinged closure 3 at the front thereof. Arranged within the cabinet at two of the opposite sides, are supports 4, consisting of elongated uprights spaced from the sides of the cabinet. Journaled in registering openings 6 in these supports is a shaft 7 having an end extending beyond the support. A similar shaft 8 is journaled between the supports 4 at a point beneath the shaft 7. Correspinidingly arranged upon these two shafts 7 and 8 respectively are sprockets 9 having teeth 10. These sprockets are in duplicate and alined so that they can operatively carry an endless flexible member 11 of any suitable material such as leather, chain or the like. Rigidly secured at the end 12 of the shaft 7 is a ratchet 13. Located adjacent to the ratchet and held in position by means of a rivet 14 is a manually-operable lever 15 having one end extending through an opening 16 in the front of the cabinet, and having a hand grip. Pivotally secured to the lever by means of a rivet 17, is a pawl 18 for engaging the ratchet 13, to rotate the shaft 7 and the sprockets connected thereto. Collars 19 rigidly secured to the shafts 7, 8, hold the sprockets in position.

Secured to the endless members and eX- tending from one to the other at corresponding runs, are trays 20 each consisting of a back 21, sides 22 and a partition 23. Holders 24 constructed of any suitable material such as wire or the like, serve to hold the contents of the tray, while a retainer 25 is provided to prevent the latter falling out of the tray. Preferably, the holders comprise wires stretched across the sides and the partition, and having sub dividing wires 24 forming compartments to receive the articles. A catch 26 of any common or preferred form is provided for locking the retainer in an operative position across the front of the tray.

The ends 27 of the back 21 extend slightly beyond the sides 22 for engaging guideways 28 located on the supports 4. A spring 29 is secured between the lever 15 and a cross support 30 of the cabinet, for holding the lever in a normal, elevated position.

To operate the device, the lever is pressed down so that the pawl engages the teeth of the ratchet to rotate the sprockets. These, in turn, serve to operate the belt on which the trays are mounted, the opening 2 in the cabinet permitting of easy access to the trays.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a cabinet of the class described, a casing having a transverse opening, shafts journaled in the casing, and provided at each end with sprocket wheels, chains passing over the sprocket wheels, a plurality of trays having one end connected with each chain, said trays comprising a back, ends, and a central partition, and a wire top and bottom separated into compartments by vertical wires, and a securing device hinged to the front of the ends and the partitions, and means for moving one of said shafts.

2. In a cabinet of the class described, a casing having a transverse opening, shafts journaled in the casing, and provided at each end with sprocket wheels, chains passing over the sprocket wheels, a plurality of trays having one end connected with each chain, said trays comprising a back, ends, and a central partition, a wire top and bottom divided into compartments by vertical wires, a securing device, comprising a rod provided at each end with an angular portion connected with the respective ends, and at its center with a loop connected with the partition, and a tongue on the partition adapted to be received between the arms of the loops and turned, and means for moving one of the shafts.

3. In a device of the class described, a tray comprising a back, ends and a central partition, and a wire top and bottom separated into compartments by vertical wires, and a securing device hinged to the front of the ends and the partition.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN W. SCHAUER.

Witnesses: C. B. Ronnnrsdi JACOB SOHAUER. 

